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Originally Posted by Coleus
Ok, just called Gold and they said my bow front can't be drilled :-(. To buy drilled one it would cost $1300 for stand + tank + glass and they have none in stock for like 6 weeks already.
Hmmm, I think i don't think i should sell my current setup for $800. I should convert it it to sw to save some money. Maybe save money for bigger proper setup in my basement.
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This brings up an interesting idea... now that you know the tank can't be drilled, have you considered modding the tank into an AIO? A sheet of glass and some silicone, a return pump and BAM instant AIO.
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Unfortunately, going this direction will take away from a fair bit of your tank space, but would allow you to sequester all those ugly things (like heaters, thermometers, skimmers etc.) away, without a sump (which you could still have, using one of those CPR siphon overflows...). You could even drill the sheet of glass for a few return holes and run a SCWD or whatever... and you would never have a flood. Plus it would be fun to build. You might have issues finding a suitable pump for a system like that... it would all depend on the end display area gallonage I guess. If you end up going with a display area that works out to around 60 gallons in the end, and you want to run 30x turnover you need a return pump that will push 1800 gph and is submersible... actually now, having figured that out, that's not bad and would be enough water movement for LPS and softies. I think a Mag 18 would do it, there's likely a QuietOne pump that would do it also... Really, I suppose it depends on what you plan to keep in your reef. SPS will need double that amount of flow (well, maybe significantly less than that but that's what I would aim for in an SPS dominated reef) and a mixed reef would probably have high flow and high light zones and low flow and light zones...
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That's probably what I would do in your situation. But there is the option of the siphon overflows.